title: Aortic dissection with a fistulous communication into the right atrium: a case report.
abstract: A case of aortic dissection (type 1, De Bakey) with a rent into the right atrium (RA), diagnosed by echocardiography (echo) and confirmed by aortography, is reported. The patient presented with cardiac failure and a continuous murmur in the right second and third intercostal spaces. The patient has survived for two years with medial treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Government General Hospital, Madras, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vaidiyanathan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meenakshi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elangovan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jayachandran
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chokalingam
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alagesan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001027:Aortography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography